Care home maintenance delays
Failure of care home providers to respond to and address maintenance requests in a timely manner, impacting safety and living conditions.
3 items
1 source
3 inquiries
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Care home maintenance delays has been flagged across 1 independent accountability source:
3 inquiry recs
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Inquiry Recommendations (3)
R66 — Healthcare environment maintenance
Recommendation: Health Boards should ensure that the healthcare environment does not compromise effective infection prevention and control, and that poor maintenance practices, such as the acceptance of non-intact surfaces that could compromise effective infection prevention and control practice, are not tolerated.
Words of: Scottish Government, The Scottish Government's Response to the Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry Report, section 1.3, 18 June 2015
Gov response: The Scottish Government accepts its responsibility for the failings identified in the report and we apologise unreservedly for the suffering and loss caused. We accept in full all of the report's recommendations.
Accepted
TAYL-F22 — Annually inspect all crush barriers for corrosion; repair or replace as needed
Recommendation: AH crush barriers should be visually inspected each year for signs of corrosion. Any barrier found to be affected by a significant degree of corrosion should be repaired or replaced.
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FENN-2 — Establish annual escalator replacement programme and review design for cleaning
Recommendation: A replacement programme of six or more escalator renewals per year shall be established. Escalator design shall be reviewed to allow easier and more effective cleaning.
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